The Southland Tribune; Edition #225
From the Honda Accord to multi-million-dollar development | ‘How do you justify this?’: Stewart Island ratepayer won’t back down | Rain, rain go away, come back another day
‘How do you justify this?’: Stewart Island ratepayer won’t back down
Out & About… The Pink Hammer
From the Honda Accord to $4.5m development
On Monday - after years of toil - Your Corps’ plucky rise to an established organisation took another decent leap forward. It was announced as a foundation tenant for the $4.5m Saving Grace Project in South Invercargill. (READ MORE HERE).
‘How do you justify this?’: Stewart Island ratepayer won’t back down
A Stewart Island/Rakiura ratepayer who contested a 500 percent increase to his rates says the council has misunderstood the crux of his fiery letter. Earlier this month, the unnamed person made headlines after appearing in a Southland District Council report expressing frustration at their annual rates jumping from $349 to $1744. (READ MORE HERE).
Rain, rain go away, come back another day
Appleby may hold some sort of record for the most underdone sports team heading into a final as they go for back-to-back ILT Premier League cricket titles on Saturday. (READ MORE HERE).
ILT Southland Sports Awards nominations open
Nominations for the 2024 ILT Southland Sports Awards are now open. The 2024 awards mark 70 years since New Zealand’s longest-running event of its kind was first presented in 1954. (READ MORE HERE).
Trainer's season ends early (again) following accident
Trainer Nikki Blatch is recovering at home after a horse truck accident put her in hospital with a broken arm. The break is high up in the left arm and close to the shoulder. It required surgery at Dunedin Hospital recently. (READ MORE HERE).
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Quick Quiz…
1. Dee, Tay, Tweed, Forth, and Esk streets in Invercargill are named after Scottish what?
2. Name the Invercargill darts player who delivered one of world sport’s greatest upsets when he beat World No 1 Michael van Gerwen in 2014?
3. Which flightless bird is on the Invercargill City Council’s coat of arms?
4. Newstalk ZB political journalist Barry Soper grew up in which Southland town?
5. Te Anau folk made a unique proposal to make what permanent in 2021?
Answers: 1. Rivers 2. Warren Parry 3. Takehe 4. Gore 5. Daylight saving
Out & About…
The Pink Hammer - March 20 to 22 - Invercargill Repertory
Repertory Invercargill's latest production, The Pink Hammer.
A comedy about unlikely friendships and finding empowerment with power tools.
Five unhappy people in a shed full of tools. What could possibly go wrong?
In case you missed it…
Project that went nowhere: It was the image that prompted excitement well beyond just the arts community in Invercargill. In 2017, a 38-page report was prepared by consultant Tim Walker at the request, and expense, of the Invercargill City Council. But what happened to the planned project? And has the arts sector missed its big moment? (READ MORE HERE).
Super Wrap: Here is Logan Savory’s round four Super Rugby wrap. This week he also takes a look at the U20 Super Rugby competition which features plenty of Southland connections. Again, this wrap comes with an unashamedly Southland bias attached to it. (READ MORE HERE).
